text_original: While the Lombards were settling in Northern Italy, Rome was passing slowly out of the hand of the Empire and into the hands of her new rulers, the Popes. Rise of the From the first beginning of the Christian Church, Papacy Rome, as the capital of the Empire, and as the Church associated with the two great apostles Peter and Paul, gave to its bishop a position of special honour among the bishops of the west.
text_transcription: WHILE THE LOMBARDS WERE SETTLING IN NORTHERN ITALY ROME WAS PASSING SLOWLY OUT OF THE HAND OF THE EMPIRE AND INTO THE HANDS OF HER NEW RULERS THE POPES FROM THE FIRST BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ROME AS THE CAPITAL OF THE EMPIRE AND AS THE CHURCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO GREAT APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL GAVE TO ITS BISHOP A POSITION OF SPECIAL HONOR AMONG THE BISHOPS OF THE WEST
phonemes: wˌaɪl ðə lˈɑːmbɑːɹdz wɜː sˈɛɾəlɪŋ ɪn nˈɔːɹðɚn ˈɪɾəli, ɹˈoʊm wʌz pˈæsɪŋ slˈoʊli ˌaʊɾəv ðə hˈænd ʌvðɪ ˈɛmpaɪɚ ænd ˌɪntʊ ðə hˈændz ʌv hɜː nˈuː ɹˈuːlɚz, ðə pˈoʊps. ɹˈaɪz ʌvðə fɹʌmðə fˈɜːst bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə kɹˈɪstʃən tʃˈɜːtʃ, pˈæpəsi ɹˈoʊm, æz ðə kˈæpɪɾəl ʌvðɪ ˈɛmpaɪɚ, ænd æz ðə tʃˈɜːtʃ ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪððə tˈuː ɡɹˈeɪt ɐpˈɑːsəlz pˈiːɾɚ ænd pˈɔːl, ɡˈeɪv tʊ ɪts bˈɪʃəp ɐ pəzˈɪʃən ʌv spˈɛʃəl ˈɑːnɚɹ ɐmˌʌŋ ðə bˈɪʃəps ʌvðə wˈɛst.